Victory! Outcry stops execution of Sonny Burton

Vol. 90/No. 11 - March 23, 2026
Sonny Burton with his daughter, Carolyn Amanda Shavers.

After strong support from working people, jurors from his trial, family members of the man killed and opponents of the death penalty, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Sonny Burton March 10, two days before he was…


US war and the imperialist world disorder

Vol. 90/No. 11 - March 23, 2026

Washington’s devastating bombardment of Iran is aimed at restoring stability for the U.S. rulers to plunder the Middle East. They’re unleashing unmatched U.S. air and naval power, believing they can impose their domination in the region with no unintended consequences;…


You have to learn what fascism is in order to fight it and win

Vol. 90/No. 11 - March 23, 2026
Mounted police block 50,000 workers at rally, called by Socialist Workers Party, protesting Nazi meeting at Madison Square Garden in New York, Feb. 20, 1939. Working class needs to advance struggle for power, including the defeat of fascist violence against Jews, unions.

Capitalism’s World Disorder: Working-Class Politics at the Millennium by Jack Barnes is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for March. Barnes is the national secretary of the Socialist Workers Party. The excerpt is from the section “Capitalism and fascism”…


SWP campaign kicks off in new Pittsburgh headquarters

Vol. 90/No. 11 - March 23, 2026
SWP campaign kicks off in new Pittsburgh headquarters

PITTSBURGH — Tony Lane, Socialist Workers Party candidate for lieutenant governor in Pennsylvania, speaking, and Sergio Zambrana, SWP candidate for Congress in the 12th District, formally kicked off their campaigns here March 7, at a meeting in the party’s new…


High school students in Illinois protest ICE raids, deportations

Vol. 90/No. 11 - March 23, 2026

PARK RIDGE, Ill. — A spirited student walkout at East Maine High School here drew some 100 participants March 3. Many held homemade signs as they marched through the neighborhood to protest immigration raids and deportations. Some participated in their…


Pakistan-Afghanistan clashes break out into open warfare

Vol. 90/No. 11 - March 23, 2026

Longstanding border clashes between Afghanistan’s governing Taliban forces and the Pakistani army escalated sharply Feb. 27, with Islamabad ordering airstrikes on Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital, and other areas. The conflict has had a devastating impact on working people, with hundreds dead…


Ottawa steps up attacks on rights of immigrant workers

Vol. 90/No. 11 - March 23, 2026
More than 1,000 marchers in Montreal joined with actions across Quebec Feb. 7 protesting gov’t attacks on status of immigrant workers. Union contingents, banners marked the protests.

MONTREAL — Over the last year, the Liberal Canadian government of Mark Carney has proposed two new laws that attack the rights and conditions of immigrants, Bills C-2 and C-12. Bill C-2, introduced earlier, is named the Strong Borders Act.…


March 8 protest for women’s rights in Ukraine

Vol. 90/No. 11 - March 23, 2026
March 8 protest for women’s rights in Ukraine

Over 3,000 women marched through central Kyiv March 8 on International Women’s Day for the first time since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began four years ago. They rejected a proposed bill drawn up behind closed doors by Ukraine’s parliament…


Refinery workers fight for contract

Vol. 90/No. 11 - March 23, 2026

MARTINEZ, Calif. — “Fair contract now!” demanded dozens of process operators and maintenance workers, members of United Steelworkers Local 5, who rallied in front of the Marathon biodiesel refinery here March 3. Criff Reyes, an operator and Marathon Local 5…


SWP candidates speak out against US war on Iran, Cuba blockade

Vol. 90/No. 11 - March 23, 2026

Around the country Socialist Workers Party candidates are speaking out against Washington’s bombardment of Iran and its mounting threats against the Cuban Revolution. They’re explaining that the working class can prevent the rulers’ march toward a third world war by…